Handle for boxes



(No Model.)

vLLBLOOM. Handle for Boxes.

No. 236,296. l Patented 1an'. 4.11381.I

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo LOUIS BLOOM, OF VIOKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI.

HANDLE FOR BOXES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,296, dated January 4, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, LOUIS BLOOM, of Vicksburg, in the county of Warren and State of Mississipphhave invented an Improved Handle for Boxes, Drawers, &c., of which the following is a specification; and I do hereby declare that in the same is contained a full, clear, and exact description of my said invention, reference beir 0: had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object ot' this invention is the construction of a handle which maybe irmly attached to boxes, drawers, &c., the material of which is to i thin to admit ofthe usual screw-fastening.

In the further description of my said inventiol which follows, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, and in which- Figure I is a vertical section of the device and a board which may represent a portion of a drawer or box to which the device is fastened. Fig. II is a front view of the invention and the board. Fig. III is a reverse view of Fig. II.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the views.

A is a plate, having the perforated side extensions, a a, which, when bent at a right angle with lthe face of the plate, serve as lugs, to which the handle B is secured. kThe plate A is also provided wit-h a strip, b, extending from its upper edge, which, in connection with the plate A, is used to secure the device to the board C. rIhe plate A is slotted near to its Application tiled December 10, 1880. (No model.)

lower edge, the said slot, which is represented by c, being of such size as to allow the insertion therein of the strip aforesaid,

To prepare the board to receive the device it is slotted at four points, as shown in the drawings. The plateA is then placed against the back of the board, the extensions a passing through the side slots, and the strips b through the upper one. The strip bis then bent down and its end passed through the lower slotin the board and through the slot c in the plate, after which it is drawn tightly and its end secured, by a screw or small nail, to the board.

In cases where the handle is not liable to be subjected to great strain, and the material to which it is. fastened consists of pasteboard or very thin wood board, the screw may be omitted.

A The handleis connected to the lugs by merely springing the lugs sufficient-ly apart to admit of the entrance ot' the pins d of the handlevto the perforations e in the lugs.

I claim as my invention- The plate A, having the perforated side extensions, a, strip b, and slot c, combined with the handle B, the said handle having pins d, adapted to enter the perforations c in the said extension. substantially as herein specified.

LOUIS BLOOM.

Witnesses M. P. LEVY, J. D. BLooM. 

